Inter-regional Expert Group Meeting "Placing equality at the centre of the 2030 Agenda"

Event

Work area(s)

Social development

Topic(s)

Public policies Inequality 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development

Event information

Date

-

Event type

Meetings and technical symposiums

Participation

By invitation

Understanding and addressing inequality in all its forms is necessary to promote the achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals and to ensure that “no one is left behind” in the development process. However, many challenges still exist to foster knowledge on the multiple dimensions of inequality, improve its measurement and strengthen the design of public policies for equality and that consider a rights-based approach.

This Inter-regional Expert Group Meeting marks the closing of the 9th Tranche United Nations Development Account project “Promoting Equality: Strengthening the Capacity of Select Developing Countries to Design and Implement Equality-oriented Public Policies and Programmes”, which is aimed at improving the awareness of the different dimensions of inequality, strengthening countries’ capacities to analyze and measure inequality, as well as at promoting the conceptualization, design and implementation of multidisciplinary public policies oriented towards greater socio-economic equality.

Programme of work

27 June 2018

Interregional Expert Group Meeting “Placing equality at the centre of the 2030 Agenda”

5am - 2pm

Room

Celso Furtado
27 June 2018

Inauguration: Equality and the 2030 Agenda

5am - 5am

Room

Celso Furtado

Presentation(s)

Alicia Bárcena, Executive Secretary, ECLAC

Equality as the driver of development


27 June 2018

Session 1: Regional views on inequality

7am - 9am

Room

Celso Furtado

Presentation(s)

Simone Cecchini, Senior Social Affairs Officer, Social Development Division, ECLAC

Key messages of the report & Latin American and Caribbean view on inequality


Adrian Gauci, Economic Affairs Officer, Employment and Social Protection Section, Social Development Policy Division, ECA

Regional View: Inequality in Africa


Patrick Andersson, Chief, Sustainable Socioeconomic Transformation Section, Social Development Division, ESCAP

Inequality in Asia and the Pacific


Oussama Safa, Jefe, Chief, Participation and Social Justice Section, Social Development Division, ESCWA

Informality in the Arab region: Another facet of Inequality


27 June 2018

Session 2: Social protection, informality and inequality

10am - 12pm

Room

Celso Furtado

Presentation(s)

Maren Jimenez, Social Affairs Officer, Emerging Issues and Trends Section, Division for Inclusive Social Development, DESA

Report on the World Social Situation: Promoting inclusion through social protection


Fernando Filgueira, CIESU, Uruguay

Pension and income transfers for old age


Cecilia Rossel, Catholic University of Uruguay

Social protection for families and early childhood


Natalia Winder Rossi, Social Protection Team Leader, FAO

Social protection in rural areas


Saurabh Sinha, Employment and Social Protection Section, Social Development Policy Division, ECA

Informality and inequality in Africa


27 June 2018

Session 3: Country views on inequality (part 1)

12pm - 2pm

Room

Celso Furtado

Presentation(s)

Juan Pablo Labat, Director, Evaluation and Monitoring, Ministry of Social Development (MIDES), Uruguay

Repensando la pobreza desde las trayectorias de la desigualdad


Gabriela Agosto, Executive Secretary of the National Council for Social Policy Coordination, Argentina

Miradas nacionales de la desigualdad


Nguyen Thi Lan Huong, Director, Institute for Vocational Education and Social Protection, Vietnam Vocational Training Association and Vocational Social Worker

Fighting inequality in Vietnam: current situation and the future directions


Anis Zahraz, Resource Person from the Tunisian Public Administration, Tunisia

Les inégalités en Tunisie: État des Lieux et Défis


28 June 2018

Session 4: Country views on inequality (part 2)

5am - 2pm

Room

Celso Furtado

Presentation(s)

Ana Ortega, Proyecto Tú Primero, Vice-presidency, Dominican Republic

Experiencia República Dominicana


Blanca Lilia García, Deputy Director General, International Relations, Ministry of Social Development, Mexico

Miradas nacionales sobre desigualdad: México


Nino Odisharia, Head of the Social Assistance Department, Ministry of Labour, Health and Social Affairs, Georgia


Mubarak Rahamtalla, Consultant on International Development Cooperation for the Ministry of Security and Social Development, Sudan


28 June 2018

Session 5: International perspectives on social protection and inequality

7am - 9am

Room

Celso Furtado

Presentation(s)

Armando Barrientos, Professor, University of Manchester

UBI and poverty reduction


José Florito, Coordinator, Social Protection, CIPPEC and Global Coalition for Social Protection Floors

IBU: ¿una bala de plata?


Pablo Yanes, Research Coordinator, ECLAC

Ingreso ciudadano universal y desafíos para un nuevo régimen de bienestar


Ian Orton, Child Poverty and Social Protection Unit, Social Inclusion and Policy Section, Programme Division UNICEF

The Promise of a Universal Child Grant: Examining the Case


Jurgen De Wispelaere, University of Bath

Varieties of Basic Income: The Political Economy of Unconditional Cash Transfers


28 June 2018

Session 6: Measurement and analysis of poverty and socio-economic inequalities

10am - 12pm

Room

Celso Furtado

Presentation(s)

Xavier Mancero, Statistics Division, ECLAC

Challenges and opportunities for the measurement of income inequality and poverty


Varinia Tromben, Economic Affairs Officer, Social Development Division, ECLAC

Tools for the study of socio-economic inequalities and the redistributive impact of social policies and taxation


Ermina Sokou, Social Affairs Officer, Sustainable Socioeconomic Transformation Section, Social Development Division, ESCAP

Analyzing inequality of opportunity in Asia and the Pacific


Andres Vikat, Chief, Social and Demographic Statistics Section, UNECE

Advancing the measurement of poverty and inequality in the UNECE region


Vivian Milosavlievjc, Social Development Division, ECLAC

Challenges and opportunities for the measurement of ethnic and racial inequalities


28 June 2018

Session 7: Country experiences on measurement and analysis of socio-economic inequalities and the 2030 Agenda

12pm - 2pm

Room

Celso Furtado

Presentation(s)

Trudi Renwick, Assistant Division Chief, Economic Characteristics, Social, Economic and Housing Statistics Division, U.S. Census Bureau, UNECE region

Measuring inequality and poverty in the United States: challenges and opportunities in the international context


Viktors Veretjanovs, Senior Expert of Social Statistics Methodology Section, Social Statistics Department, Central Statistical Bureau, Latvia, UNECE region

Measuring poverty and inequality in Latvia: advantages of harmonising methodology


Soledad Villafañe, ECLAC office in Buenos Aires, ECLAC region

Functional distribution of income


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Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC)

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Margot Rovira

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Social Investment Portal in Latin America and the Caribbean

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